The Importance of Search Functionality in Website Design Organizing information is a science in itself. We always rely on finding information resources on the Internet. It seems to have endless information with very sophisticated technologies to access it. The most fundamental way of finding the required information on the Internet is the Search Function.
The simple search box seems to just be a very small component in the website design, but this simple functionality when implemented with great efforts, can enhance the usability of the website extensively. It is a strategy implemented into design to help the users find relevant content. Users can find content by specifying keywords or phrases without navigating through the entire website structure. The search functionality can be included as a simple form on the web page. It can be an input box followed by a submit button. For more specific searches, there can be a link to a more advanced search form in a different page. However, only including a simple/advanced search form is not enough. It requires to be functional and provide relevant results. A search module, to be effective, should be easily accessible from any page of the website, and be able to find any content that the users is looking for.